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CDC Says Child Flu Deaths Reached Concerning Highs Last Year

Child Flu Deaths Increases In US As Vaccination Rates Drop, CDC Warns

The 2023-24 flu season saw nearly 200 child deaths in the US, with most victims unvaccinated, according to the CDC. Vaccination rates have dropped, with only 53 per cent of children receiving flu shots.

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CDC: Flu deaths in children reach troubling highs amid drops in vaccinations

The deaths coincide with drops in vaccinations among children. As of May 11, just over 53% of children between ages 6 months and 17 years old were vaccinated this season, which was lower than the prior season’s 56%, when there were 187 deaths. This past season is also lower than pre-pandemic coverage when 62.4% of children were vaccinated in 2020.

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Flu Deaths in Children Reach Concerning Highs, CDC Says

This is one of the worst annual flu death totals in children in a season, matching the 199 deaths during the 2019-2020 season. The highest number of deaths in children was 288 during the 2009-2010 season, which was during the height of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.

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CDC warns flu deaths in children spiked amid decline in vaccinations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the total death count from the 2023-2024 flu season and revealed it to be one of the worst for child deaths in U.S. history. 199 children died—the same as in the 2019-2020 flu season.

Health care worker is 3rd person to become ill

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CDC says a second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had symptoms

A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu also developed symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the CDC said Friday.

U.S. News & World Report · 9h

Missouri Health Worker Who Had Contact With Bird Flu Patient Develops Symptoms, US Officials Report

The number of people who were in contact with the hospitalized bird flu patient in Missouri and developed symptoms is now up to three, officials said. All three have recovered. The other two symptomatic cases included a healthcare worker who tested negative for influenza and a household contact of the patient who developed symptoms at the same time as the hospitalized patient,

CNN · 5h

Health care worker is third person to become ill after contact with Missouri patient who had bird flu

A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also experienced symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

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CDC reports drop in teen e-cigarette use, but risks remain high across the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 1.6 million U.S. middle and high school students ...

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CDC Launches ‘Agency-Wide Strategy’ On ‘Health Equity’ For LGBT, Minorities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it will reorganize its Office of Health Equity ...

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'This is how pandemics start': CDC shares major update on first human case of HN51 with no known animal link

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided a major update on the first human case of bird flu in the US with ...

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CDC Launching ‘Agency-Wide Strategy’ On ‘Health Equity’ For LGBT, Minorities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it will reorganize its Office of Health Equity ...

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U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Rising, Especially in Teens, CDC Says

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health ...

This dominant COVID-19 variant accounts for over 50% of cases, new CDC data shows

The COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 rose 12.7% and now makes up over 50% of COVID cases, the CDC Nowcast data tracker shows.

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CDC recommends ways for hospitals to reduce diagnostic errors

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises hospitals to improve diagnoses by improving communication with ...

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CDC: U.S. whooping cough cases rising, especially in teens

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health ...

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Mpox Vaccines Administered In Africa For The First Time

Several hundred high-risk individuals were inoculated in Rwanda. Meanwhile, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the outbreak in Africa is still not under control, with ...

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